On December 19, 2023, Adam Laponis notified Eargo, Inc. that he will step down as Chief Financial Officer and depart Eargo on January 5, 2024. On December 19, 2023, Eargo appointed Mark Thorpe as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 5, 2024, to succeed Mr. Laponis. Mr. Thorpe, 56, has served as the Company?s Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer since January 2022 and will continue to serve as the Company?s principal accounting officer in his new role.

Prior to his promotion to Chief Accounting Officer, Mr. Thorpe served as the Company?s Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since September 2019. Prior to Eargo, from August 2018 to June 2019, Mr. Thorpe served as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations at Bitmovin, Inc., a provider of web-based video infrastructure solutions. Prior to that, from October 2014 to June 2018, Mr. Thorpe served as the Vice President, Head of Finance and Administration at VeloCloud Networks, Inc. (acquired by VMWare, Inc.) a provider of cloud, software and hardware-based SD-WAN services.

Mr. Thorpe has also served in various leadership roles in accounting and finance at ServiceSource, Inc., Citrix Systems, Inc., and United Parcel Services, Inc., and Mr. Thorpe began his professional career with KPMG, LLP. Mr. Thorpe holds dual masters and bachelors degrees in accounting from the University of Florida. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.